Dell Inspiron 3542

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.31% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell Inspiron 3542 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KHNVP
Memory	1.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150112
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 17 '23 at 19:03
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4005U 37,483 User benchmarks, average bench 39% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.7 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Memory 72.4 1-Core 45.4 2-Core 80.7 44% 66.2 Pts	4-Core 113 8-Core 116 15% 114 Pts	64-Core 118 7% 118 Pts
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 8 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 0651) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4360 Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	2.31% Terrible	Lighting 2.8 Reflection 1.3 Parallax 4.8 2% 2.97 fps	MRender 3 Gravity 1.8 Splatting 3.6 2% 2.8 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.31% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
DGSAPRO/128G 128GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPS1A30F SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 53 57 28 42 29 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.5% Below average	Read 386 Write 329 Mixed 56.6 SusWrite 53.2 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 11.9 4K Mixed 6.7 44% 12.6 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 12.4 45% 97.6 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 57%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 663GB free Firmware: 2BA30003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 77 95 103 100 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 90.4 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 94.2 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173EB0-YK0 1x4GB 50,921 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 1 of 1 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	MC Read 7.3 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 5.8 19% 6.53 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 6.3 18% 6.33 GB/s	Latency 96 42% 96 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 32%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3542

CPU
Core i3-4005UIntelBench 39%, 37,483 samples	857x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	681x
Core i3-4030UIntelBench 45%, 24,177 samples	363x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	2,002x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	175x
GeForce 820MNvidiaBench 4%, 9,266 samples	137x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	81x
BX500 240GBCrucial $27Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	63x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	348x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	244x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	189x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16